Ontario Ministry Of The Environment

• Province approves city’s plan for targeted dredging of Chedoke Creek

  Ministry approval of the work plan also asks the city to implement short-term measures to ensure conditions in the creek are not worsened by a hot, dry summer.

  Canada

  Jun 17, 2021
  
• Hamilton work plan calls for dredging of Chedoke Creek by summer 2022

  Grice says the main timeline challenge after design work is completed, is getting needed permits from a variety of federal and provincial agencies before work can start.

  Environment

  Feb 17, 2021
  
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• Hamilton councillor seeks stricter rules for demolishing industrial buildings

  Nann says Ward 3 residents, already burdened with chronic exposure to airborne emissions, "need every effort to be made to prevent further degradation" of their air quality.

  Environment

  Feb 2, 2021
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• Municipal, provincial officials probing unknown substance spill in Mississauga’s Credit River

  The substance was found in the Credit River Thursday afternoon. Region of Peel officials said staff are trying to determine where the substance is coming from.

  Environment

  Oct 22, 2020
• City of Brantford reveals spill into the Grand River

  The city says its environmental services department was tipped off in late January about a spill into the river near Gilkison Street and Veterans Memorial Parkway.

  Canada

  Feb 6, 2020
• Cause of St. Catharines greenhouse fire will remain ‘undetermined’: fire marshal

  St. Catherines' acting fire chief says there will be no investigation into the cause of the large fire at Pioneer Flower Farms.

  Aug 20, 2019
• ‘Like a war zone’: Residents near St. Catharines told to stay indoors due to smoke from large fire

  Thick smoke from a greenhouse fire prompted officials to call in the Ministry of the Environment early Saturday morning to monitor air quality.

  Aug 17, 2019
• City to urge environment ministry to speed up improvements at composting facility

  The City of Hamilton closed the central composting facility in June, in response to a surge in odour complaints.

  Environment

  Aug 16, 2018
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• Transportation Safety Board to probe tanker that ran aground on St. Lawrence

  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it will gather information and assess the May 29 incident.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2018